gamesetwatch.com - 6/29/2009
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[Using U.S. sales data from the NPD Group, Matt Matthews examines the performance of new Sony properties like Resistance and others -- suggesting a focus on sequels might have been more profitable.]
Sony took a number of substantial risks with the design and launch of its PlayStation 3 ...
siliconera.com - 6/29/2009
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siliconera.com —
PlayStation 3s without PS2 backwards compatibility are missing
the Emotion Engine, a chip Sony designed as the...
PS2’s CPU. What if the PS3’s cell processor could emulate the Emotion Engine? Theoretically, all PlayStation 3s would be able to play PS2 ...
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Sony Patents Emotion Engine Emulation Technology For ...
reuters.com - 6/27/2009
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reuters.com —
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering developing
a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better...
compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday. The Japanese electronics and entertainment ...
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Sony eyes cellphone/game gear hybrid - Nikkei
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money.cnn.com - 6/26/2009
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money.cnn.com —
(Fortune Magazine) -- These days Howard Stringer makes
his home in a hotel suite in an affluent...
Tokyo neighborhood not far from Sony headquarters. It's a comfortable but far from palatial space consisting of a bedroom, bathroom, and decent-size ...
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Sony transforms itself for tough, competitive times - ...
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Sony's Exclusives Coming Up Short? [Sony]
Kotaku —
... PS2 platformers We're also only seeing proper releases in Sony's two biggest series - God of War and Gran Turismo - this year. 2009. Three years after the console was first released. They should perform better than any of the above titles, but you have to wonder whether it has been wise of Sony to release nothing but original titles to date (Killzone aside), when a God of War or two by now may have spurred sales of both PS3 hardware and software. Analysis: Was Using Original IP The Best Idea For Sony's PS3 Strategy? [GameSetWatch] ...
Sony exclusives exclusively fail to deliver
That VideoGame Blog —
... Sales of their exclusive titles, a key driver to unit sales, tell a different story. Sony’s only exclusive may actually be hubris if these figures are anything to go by. GameSetWatch’s bean counter Matt Matthews has studied sales of some of the PS3’s big guns (excluding pack-in bundle copies) and the figures make for depressing reading if you’re rooting for Sony. ...
Analysis: GameSetWatch looks at the strength of SCEA IP
Joystiq [PlayStation] —
... It's no surprise that the PS3 is seeing a great amount of support with a strong lineup of original first-party titles, but some see this strategy as a problem that might actually be hurting the PS3, not helping it. According to an in-depth piece over at GameSetWatch ...
Only One Sony PS3 Title Has Sold A Million Stateside
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Resistance: Fall of Man is currently the only Sony published PS3 title to have topped one million sales in the US, according to NPD data. GameSetWatch reports that just six Sony published PS3 titles have surpassed 500,000 unit sales. LittleBigPlanet is the second highest selling, with sales between 750k and one million copies, while Resistance 2 , Killzone 2 , Uncharted: Drake s Fortune and Gran Turismo 5: Prologue have each shifted 500k-750k. MotorStorm, Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction and Heavenly Sword have sold between 250k and 500k, while MotorStorm: ...
Only One Sony PS3 Title Has Sold A Million Copies Stateside
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Resistance: Fall of Man is currently the only Sony published PS3 title to have topped one million sales in the US, according to NPD data. GameSetWatch reports that just six Sony published PS3 titles have surpassed 500,000 unit sales. LittleBigPlanet is the second highest selling, with sales between 750k and one million copies, while Resistance 2 , Killzone 2 , Uncharted: Drake s Fortune and Gran Turismo 5: Prologue have each shifted 500k-750k. MotorStorm, Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction and Heavenly Sword have sold between 250k and 500k, while MotorStorm: ...
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edge-online.com 1/30/2009 — Sony on Thursday reported a year-on-year decrease in quarterly PS3 unit sales, but execs say the company is still on the right trajectory to hit previously-announced goals.
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News: Suzuki becomes deputy PlayStation boss —
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Took 24 years. Will report to Hirai. Kunimasa Suzuki has been promoted to deputy president of Sony Computer Entertainment, making him the second most important PlayStation person behind Kaz Hirai. Suzuki will take charge of strategy and ...
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